Jerusalem, Mosque of Omar
Date Added
21/07/2019
Content Type
Art And Craft
Category
Paintings
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Subject Area
Architecture
Description
Date Created: 19th-20th century
Subject: Mosques
Repository: Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History
Physical Dimensions: w23 x h18.2 cm
Artist Biography: Hermann Struck was born Chaim Aaron ben David in 1876 in
Germany. He is best known as a master etcher, lithographer and early Zionist.
He studied for five years at the Berlin Academy and in 1908 wrote Die Kunst des
Radierens (The Art of Etching), while mentoring artists such as Marc Chagall,
Max Liebermann and Lesser Ury. His art was included in an exhibition at the
Fifth Zionist Congress and he helped establish the religious Zionist movement
called Mizrachi. Struck was an Orthodox Jew but believed that culture and
religion could thrive cooperatively in Israel. He immigrated to Haifa where he
created an artistic community and participated in the development of the Tel
Aviv Museum and the Bezalel art school in Jerusalem. He died in 1944.
Type: Etching
Medium: Ink on paper
View of mosque looking over rooftops with hills in background.
Titled on back.
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Type of Work: Etching
Artist: Hermann Struck